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- POINTS OF LIGHT is the monthly newsletter of TEMPLE OF THE ETERNAL
- LIGHT. It is an open forum for anyone to send in articles, poetry,
- short, short, stories, advertising or anything else. We desire it to
- blossom into a cornucopia of fact, or fantasy relating to modern
- magickal living, spiritual growth and a network linking all members of
- our human family by a chain of fellowship. \3\I
- With wishes for Love and L.V.X. \i\5
- Rt. Rev. Jerome Peartree, Publisher Rev. Karen DePolito, Editor\3\H
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- SATURDAY JANUARY 26 at 6:00 P.M. GNOSTIC MASS - Priestess: Karen,
- Priest: Jerome, Deacon: George. This is a Eucharistic Ritual.
- Everyone is required to partake of the consecrated bread and wine.
- Donation: $3.00
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- SATURDAY JANUARY 26 at 8:00 P.M. ANNUAL BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING.
- All members of the Board of Trustees are required to attend. Guests
- are welcome to sit in and add their comments. This is the time when
- ideas and ideals for the coming year are formulated and resolved.
- Anyone interested in participating in the direction of the Temple is
- encouraged to attend. The meeting will begin immediately after the
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- HAPPY NEW YEAR 1991
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- Year's end brings to mind old resolutions, some kept, some broken.
- It is time for gleaning, that is casting aside old energies that have
- proven fruitless, ridding one's self of negative thoughts and actions
- that may have gained strength over the past year. The ancient texts
- are replete with stories of past cultures culling their flocks for the
- coming winter. The Sumarian civilization of over 5000 years ago would
- perform an annual exorcism on the New Year to banish evil entities.
- Symbolically, this is a necessary process for aspiring magickians,
- Wiccans, pagans. Old and barren thoughts must be cast aside to open
- room in the psyche for the new, the more positive, aspirations.
- Allegorically, to get rid of the old making way for the new.
- The Caballa speaks of tomorrow coming before today. This truth is
- apparent when one realizes that what is pictured in the mind's eye
- today becomes tomorrow's reality. Thoughts have power. Words have
- power. They determine your actions. They control your creative process.
- Therefore, before the new year arrives take time for introspection. Sit
- down with several sheets of paper and record the significant events in
- your life over the past year. Write down the joys and the sorrows. Do
- this carefully and completely. Do this without guilt or finding fault
- with yourself or others.
- Once this is completed, review each negative event one by one.
- Note how you may have avoided the pain. Allow your mind to wander over
- each one, building mind pictures of how you could have transcended each
- occurrence and what you have learned from its happening. This is to
- program yourself to view every past event as a learning process.
- Glean away the emotional content and open yourself to the reality that
- YOU are indeed in control of your life. This is an exercise in
- recognizing your own divinity.
- Now, to reinforce your self-esteem, review every joyous occasion.
- Relive its memory. Allow yourself to smile or laugh anew as you
- remember the happiness experienced. This is of equal importance to the
- transcending of negative thought. It begins to fill your spirit with
- renewed vitality and desire for accomplishment for the coming year.
- I realize this may take time. But, a small amount of time well
- spent now will act as a springboard for future achievements. And
- besides, how much better can you spend your time than to develop ideas
- to bring happiness into your life. Now is the time to begin.
- Once you have completed this... Don't stop! Take a break, if you
- must then return and complete the exercise that follows on the reverse
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- \hHAPPY NEW YEAR 1991 continued.
- Sit down with three sheets of paper. On the first sheet list every
- accomplishment you desire to achieve during the year 1991. Be realistic
- about your abilities and means.
- On the second sheet of paper, list where you are now with respect
- to each accomplishment you have listed on the first sheet. Establish a
- foundation for your accomplishments. Once you have completed these
- sheets you will have two lists. First, where you would like to be at
- the year's end and second, where you are right now. This has set
- boundaries for your efforts throughout the year.
- Now on the third sheet, list, as best as you can, you can expand
- on it later, how you can progress from where you are right now to where
- you desire to be at the end of 1991. Determine what you are to do and
- how you may do it to achieve your goals. Any blank spaces will indicate
- to you where knowledge is needed to fill in the gap. Plan to fill in
- each gap during the course of the next twelve months.
- Now you have established a plan for living throughout the next
- year. Read over the plan, aloud if possible, once or twice daily so
- your subconscious will assimilate its message. This is a basic magickal
- ritual and.......it woiks! (That's Brooklynese for "works".)
- Blessed Be! Jerome
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